S1 Ep. 6: Freddy’s Legacy

American Prodigy: Becoming Great

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

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It’s been two years since Freddy played competitive soccer, but at age 31 he’s still trying to make a comeback, even as he teaches the next generation. Today is a new world in American soccer, where the best prospects leave for Europe and developmental academies stateside grow to provide support for America’s next prodigy. What happens to the next Freddy Adu? Are we ready for the next American Prodigy? Are they already here? Grant Wahl examines. American Prodigy listeners! We want to learn more about you! Please fill out this quick survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.6	That's good. That's good. That's good. That's a good take. It's just after 7 p.m. at Banner Field, a soccer complex in South Baltimore, and the team is out
0:29.6	practicing.
0:30.6	It's mid-July, one of the hottest days of the year, but the heat has finally started to let up as a team runs drills on the field.
0:39.3	Not bad.
0:40.2	Freddie Adieu is out there, focused, determined to help his team win.
0:45.3	But he isn't playing.
0:47.5	Our prodigy is no longer a prodigy.
0:50.7	He's a coach.
0:53.1	I just randomly fell into coaching, working with kids and stuff like that.
0:59.1	One of my best friends owns a club called NLS, not MLS, but NLS.
1:04.4	About a year, year and a half ago, he said, hey, man, you should come out and check it out.
1:08.3	I go check it out, and it's this big club now. It's running it.
1:12.4	So I coached the kids. I ended up loving it, right? I ended up loving it because it was a great
1:17.4	distraction because I wasn't playing. Freddy's in his 30s now. He isn't playing professional
1:23.5	soccer. Now he's coach Freddie working with the next level soccer club of Hanover, Maryland.
1:30.3	What I really love about it is that when I see the joy in the kids' faces, and I just remember,
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